Stoneskin use.

[Sida]

Something about CS. Switching out of it doesn't incur CD. If you accidentally (or purposefully) drop it you can turn on right away. It can also be queued. If you execute it even well during previous cast, it falls of/gets on without delay between the casts. So yes. It is quite possible to drop your CS when still casting previous damage spell, cast your heal, then activate CS again during the heal cast time and cast your next damage spell with no lost GCDs whatsoever. However, it -has- cooldown the other way around, you can't drop it immediately when you have activated it.

Guess this constitutes part of the stance dance. Know how to weave it in between the casts to not loose time for the chance.

About usability of SS, tend to use it heavily where ever there are Nix type monsters. Their pull attack is mitigated with Stoneskin.

[Twilite]

I almost forgot about that. Thanks. I WILL troll those frogs EVERY chance I get.

[416to305]

I never use it during combat unless someone has just wiped and I want to buffer them a bit if more damage is coming. Otherwise seems like a waste. I definitely don't keep it up on anyone during combat, why bother if you have Medica II or something up as well, just wastes your mana.

[Twilite]

Once upon a time Stoneskin was awesome.

[gehrtalert]

I still love my Stoneskin. I'll try to SS everyone at the end of a fight so they have it for the next fight. It gives me a couple seconds to throw out an Aero 3 and do a little dps. It gives a few extra seconds to put Regen and Asylum out before I'm fighting an uphill healing battle. Great for mitigating big hits or stray hits to dps. It's not very mana friendly to spam it but it's awesome to use when you're just standing around during trash pulls or boss fights. It's great when it's used properly and by properly I mean whenever you have extra mp.

[Rombus]

I try to keep it up on myself at all times. As SCH I rarely use it as WHM/AST I use it as often as I can on the tank...it's damage mitigation!

[GarnetTribal]

I still love my Stoneskin. I'll try to SS everyone at the end of a fight so they have it for the next fight. It gives me a couple seconds to throw out an Aero 3 and do a little dps. It gives a few extra seconds to put Regen and Asylum out before I'm fighting an uphill healing battle. Great for mitigating big hits or stray hits to dps. It's not very mana friendly to spam it but it's awesome to use when you're just standing around during trash pulls or boss fights. It's great when it's used properly and by properly I mean whenever you have extra mp.

As an AST, I love swift casting SS right after a fight, switch to Noct and shield, then switch back to Diurnal all while running. Makes me feel BAWS! >:O